Joelle Delbourgo

For decades books were my constant meal companions. 10-15 yrs ago I stopped bringing books to work and instead at lunch would read news on the internet. I vowed to get back to reading during lunch this year & it’s done wonders for my well being! News can wait.

#booksky

Suro (@nasa___news) on Threads There's a fountain in Budapest that looks like a book: every few seconds a sheet of water blasts forth from the book's spine

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Best of luck-and heartfelt thanks.

Proud of my industry—book publishing! Fighting back!

I will be at the Atlanta Writers Conference May 2 & 3, meeting one on one with writers, along with a stellar group of lit agents and editors. These writers have worked so hard.

Courage!

Bella Da Costa Greene, JP Morgan’s personal librarian. Run, don’t walk, to the marvelous exhibit at the Morgan Library in NYC.

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New Polling: Confidence Plummets in Trump Bringing Down Costs  | Climate Power According to a new poll from Hart Research conducted on behalf of Climate Power, President Trump’s approval rating is underwater as Americans lose confidence in his ability to bring down costs.

"Trump’s approval is sinking as Americans lose confidence in his ability to lower costs . . ."

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Wow! A huge loss for Yale.

Figured I’d hop on here today for the 15th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act.

With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the ACA is a reminder that change is possible when we fight for progress.

Yes we do!

They call this “efficiency.”

On March 24, the @simonandschuster.bsky.social #CounterfeitCountess story is coming to @rowanuniversity.bsky.social. I will give the Dr. Paul B. Winkler Lecture, in honor of the late exec dir of the NJ Commission on #HolocaustEducation.

What exactly is the deal between Musk and 47? Nothing about this is “normal.”

Keep speaking up!

Proud of agency client, James Renner. His new book is riveting.

‘It’s a Heist’: Real Federal Auditors Are Horrified by DOGE WIRED talked to actual federal auditors about how government auditing works—and how DOGE is doing the opposite.

DOGE has spent the last six weeks on a supposed crusade to audit the government and stop fraud, waste, and abuse.

But two federal auditors with years of experience say that DOGE’s actions are the furthest thing from what an actual audit looks like.
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There is such perversity in how government is being broken. It’s designed to break our spirit.

Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

Our tax dollars at work.

Scout Camp Check out this great listen on Audible.com. In the summer of 1995, at the largest Boy Scout camp in Ohio, a night of sexual violence ended with one counselor dead and another hospitalized. The death w...

New audiobook! My latest true crime book, Scout Camp: Sex, Death, and Secret Societies Inside the Boy Scouts of America is now available on Audible. Give it a listen! www.audible.com/pd/B0DZ77N84B

The evil at your door The deportation action as regime change

Language used by individuals associated with the federal government who deported people without trial or due process to a concentration camp in El Salvador, defying a court order, has a specific resonance that, historically, has been used to change regime type.
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Protesters are out in Budapest, Hungary today demanding the resignation of pro-Putin Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

Love it!

Why autocrats attack universities.

Keep speaking out!

Autocracy: Rules for Survival | Masha Gessen In the face of the impulse to normalize, it is essential to maintain one’s capacity for shock. This will lead people to call you unreasonable and hysterical, and to accuse you of overreacting. It is n...

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YouTube video by MSNBC 'So frightening': DOJ official fired over Mel Gibson gun rights request speaks out

here's the incredible interview that @chrislhayes.bsky.social did tonight with the woman who was just fired as the pardon attorney at DOJ, liz oyer.

really, really, really worth watching:
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